وی

See also: وي, and وئ

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [waj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väj]

Readings
Classical reading?	way
Dari reading?	way
Iranian reading?	vey
Tajik reading?	vay

Pronoun

Dari	وی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вай

وِی • (vey)

1. (literary, formal) she, he

   Synonym: او (u)

See also

Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)

		singular	plural
1st person		مَن (man)	ما (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	تو (to)	شُما (šomâ)
	polite	شُما (šomâ)
3rd person	general	او (u) اون (on)*	آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)*
	formal	وِی (vey)	ایشان (išân)
	polite	ایشان (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)

			singular		plural
			nominative	accusative5	nominative	accusative5
1st person	general		من man	مرا marā	ما mā	-
	informal1		مه ma	مره mara		ماره māra
2nd person	familiar		تو tū, tō2	ترا turā	شما šumā	-
	formal		شما šumā	-
	informal1		-	تره tura	شمایا šumāyā	شمایاره šumāyāra
3rd person	distal	general	او ō	-	آنان4 ānān	-
			آن ān		آن‌ها4 ān‑hā
		formal	وی3 way		ایشان ēšān
			ایشان ēšān
		informal, normal1	او ū	اوره ūra	اونا ūnā	ایناره ūnāra
		informal, emphatic I1	اونو ūnū	اونوره ūnūra	وا wā	واره wāra
		informal, emphatic II1	اونمو ūnamū	اونموره ūnamūra	اونموا ūnamwā	اونمواره ūnamwāra
	proximal	general	این īn	-	اینان īnān	-
					این‌ها īn‑hā
		informal, normal1	ای ī	ایره īra	اینا īnā	ایناره īnāra
		informal, emphatic I1	اینی īnī	اینیره īnīra	یا yā	یاره yāra
		informal, emphatic II1	اینمی īnamī	اینمیره īnamīra	اینمیا īnamyā	اینمیاره īnamyāra
1 only applies to Dari 2 only applies to Classical Persian 3 not formal in Tajik 4 the plural forms آن‌ها and آنان are typically interchangeable 5 all accusative pronouns can be created with the nominative + را, only unique forms are included

Etymology 2

English vee.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vi]

Readings
Classical reading?	wī
Dari reading?	wī
Iranian reading?	vi
Tajik reading?	vi

Noun

وی • (vi)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter v in English and other European languages.

Derived terms

• اچ‌آی‌وی (eč-ay-vi)